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It's the 5th of the month and that means the question thread is going live. I'll answer the questions posted here near the end of the month. It'll be done in a voice recording with a text transcript to go along with that. Feel free to ask me what you're curious about for current or future projects or the company in general, as long as it follows the guidelines!

Guidelines:

1. Please don't reply to other people's questions even if you know the answer. The fun of joining a Q&A is that the developer can give a direct response to you and that everyone else also gets to hear/see the answer in the end of the month post. Having another player resolve the question in the comments right here might not be what the asker was hoping for. This thread is more about having a good time rather than looking for an immediate response to an important question. And if you do have a question you want to hear about right away, it's best to ask in some other thread or to message me directly.

2. I'm afraid questions about what scenes/choices/art assets Our Life: Now & Forever will include aren't answerable right now. Most of the details are decided as the game is created and currently I'm only writing Step 1. I do know some things coming later, but only a small fraction of the whole game.

3. The questions can't be about more serious/potentially upsetting topics because I don't want those listening to suddenly be surprised with something they might not have been prepared for/want to be confronted with.

4. Please keep the questions here to things that wouldn't be really hard to tackle in an off-the-cuff, spoken out loud kind of Q&A, aha. Questions about a half dozen characters or wanting an entire theoretical situation described aren't super doable in this situation.

You can always send me questions outside of the audio Q&A if they wouldn't work here!

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You can also find answers for more basic info like heights, birthdays, timelines, and such in the Overall FAQ.

The thread will close after August 19th.

That's everything. Thank you to everyone who participates in the Q&A!

Comments

Anonymous

Does Derek eventually end up being added to the groupchat in OL1? (I don't mean in game, I mean at some point after the Step 4 storylines, haha. I get why he wasn't in it during any of the DLC events, but I like to think he becomes more officially integrated into the friend group later on. He's a cool dude ^-^)

Anonymous

If I remember correctly (which I might not, my memory isn't great) there wasn't really an option to stay in Sunset Bird in OL1 after step 3. Was there a reason for that? Am I misremembering? Also in OL2 will we get the option to stay in Golden Grove as an adult, move out of Opal's house but not really move away?

Anonymous

I appreciate the customisations that OL2 introduces! As a former dress-up game girlie, I love that we can not only configure our looks but also our pronouns, mother and bedroom and even our clothes can change regularly too. Can you speak more about the development of these - like how long do they take and what is the process in designing and developing? And any hints on future customisations?

Anonymous

I remember we got a reveal of earrings/piercings that'll be available in later steps, are there plans to be able to wear multiple? Like could the doll wear earrings, ear cuffs/cartilage piercings, and a nose piercing at once or would it be limited to picking one spot? I understand if it hasn't been considered yet, thanks for all your amazing work 💕

Anonymous

Hi GB! Love your work so much, but far my all time favourite game/s is Our Life! I have 3 questions to ask: 1. How would Cove, Derek and Baxter go about telling their family MC was pregnant? Like who’s doing a massive reveal or just saying it suddenly 😂 (Trying to write some fanfics 😋) 2. How would Cove, Derek and Baxter feel about living with a cat that’s quite cuddly? Hoping they don’t have allergies 😂 3. My MC for Baxter owns a snake and a tarantula; How would Baxter react/feel about that choice in pets? 🤣 Thank you for all your great work! I can’t wait for the Patreon Wedding Night 🥰

Anonymous

Congrats on your last free update on OLBA! I’ve been following development for a few years now and I’m so excited to finally be able to pledge! I appreciate all the work that you do! My question is: What are Tamarack and Qiu’s favorite sweets? 🍭🍰

Anonymous

Hi, I've really been curious about GBPatch and want to know more about the behind the scenes operation. I hope these questions aren't too personal. Some things I'm wondering are: how large is the team/how many people make up GBPatch?, is there a building/office for the team or are the interactions only virtual?, is GBPatch considered a company?, how was "GB Patch Games" established?

MN

Hi! Thanks for all the hard work that put into these games, they bring me great joy and comfort. Sorry if it have been asked before, it’s a question about OL2 best friend system, if we didn’t thought of either Qiu or Tamarack as our best friend in step 1, do we still have the option to be best friend in the future step? Or if we do choose one of them to be our best friend, can we change our opinion in future step?

Anonymous

Hey Kab, hope you're doing well! My question is regarding Qiu and their relationship to ballet, especially in Step 2 when they're still questioning their identity. As far as I know, classical ballet can be pretty gendered - choreographies have designated male and female roles, and there's some differences in technique as well (such as male dancers not going en pointe on stage). Although from the little research I've done, I've read that more and more studios are taking a less gendered approach to teaching nowadays, and modern choreographies don't need to have these gendered roles. Is the dance studio in OL2 going to take such an approach? I'm by no means an expert on this so I could be wrong, and I'm interesting in learning if any of this will be addressed/mentioned in the game. And if so, how Qiu will feel about pursuing a historically somewhat gendered art form while themselves questioning their gender.

Anonymous

woo ! I'm so excited for the upcoming bonus part >:D I just have a short question, but who's side of the is lee related to?

Anonymous

does cove like picking up his s/o or getting picked up by them more? what about baxter and derek? thanks again for all you do! i’ve already sunk hours into the betas and am really looking forward to the official releases💖

Anonymous

Hello! I have a few questions I’d love to ask you and please shorten if needed! :) I apologize if these go outside your guidelines in terms or theoretical situations. 1. Are Cove, Baxter and Derek, jealous people at all, when they date the MC? A specific situation to throw in there is, let’s say a person who was familiar with the love interest (who were dating the MC individually of course, and not a poly situation), such as a coworker or close acquaintance, mentioned that they found the MC very attractive and or had a crush on them, without being aware the love interest was with the MC, how would they each react and respond? 2. How do you think Baxter feel about sharing money with the MC when they’re married? For example, let’s say the MC has a job that brings a lot of money, way way more than Baxters job, and the MC is really big on the view that her money isn’t just hers and Baxter can feel free to spend it as he wishes? Of course the MC isn’t someone who spends money mindlessly just because she has it, but does treat herself at times and has nice things, and I don’t see Baxter spending it mindlessly either, but do you think he’d feel comfortable spending the money as well especially with knowing how the MC feels about sharing money?

Anonymous

Would Cove be interested in joining an Autism Social Group? (Asking as an Autistic person who attends a group once every week where we all just talk 😆)

Anonymous

Wanted to ask on Twitter but this may be a better place for it: With Cove’s upcoming Patreon Wedding Night, do we really get to go “all the way” with him or is it foreplay again? (Not that either is a problem, I’m excited either way! 🤩)

Anonymous

How does Baxter choose which bowling ball to play with in Step 4? I loved the amusement my MC had after he chose the heaviest one LOL

Anonymous

1. In OL2 I noticed that when Qiu was explaining why he wanted Tamarack and I in the Boys Club, Baxter was first smiling but then once Qiu mentioned he thought I was pretty, he stopped smiling. If that was intentional can you please explain why he did that? For background context I did have my relationship set with Qiu as crush. I also noticed that when I played the first moment in OL2 as well, we decided to go to the special place first and once Baxter saw us he also didn’t look happy once again. 2. I’ve seen this asked before in previous Q&A’s so I apologize, but I needed more context if possible. I am set as crush with Qiu, and Tamarack and I are friends. I have intentions of pursuing my romantic route with Qiu going forward so I understand it’s best to say he’s our best friend and not Tamarack because we should prefer to spend more time/be closer to our crush, but does that mean when Tamarack mentions to her granny that we are best friends and then mentions it to me in the backyard that she’s serious about being bffs, I need to choose a choice that mentions I don’t consider her that close to me so that Qiu is my best friend? 3. Building off of the bff situation, if it is true that i need to choose choices to pursue Qiu as my bff and not Tamarack, then should I be choosing moments to only hang out with Qiu alone at times, such as him going out to dinner with my mom and I? I’m a bit worried because I want to have a good friendship with Tamarack and I’ve been making a lot of choices to mention Qiu, such as the diner scene and how I’m happy to ride on his bike with him etc, instead of choices such as, being happy to just be with tamarack and Qiu and not just Qiu and inviting both to the dinner? I’m worried I’ll have a bad relationship with tamarack if I don’t involve her in more choices. I do make choices where I mention she’s so nice or I’m grateful for her friendship etc. but I mainly try to pick Qiu related answers. (I apologize for the lengthy questions I gave you and the amount of questions, thank you tremendously for your time!)

Anonymous

Wait now I need to play the moment again because I hadn't noticed Baxter looking unhappy there and I also got Qiu set to my MC's crush.

Anonymous

Baxter mentions that he dyes his hair black. What age did he start dying it black, and did he only have it bleached when he was 19, or did he experiment with it more?

Anonymous

Will the OL2 LIs have middle names like the OL1 LIs do?

Anonymous

I was wondering how would Jorge's character mesh with some of the OL2 cast? Given he's around the same age of our leads. Also, I was really hoping for some fun facts about Opal. I love her so much and she has really become my favorite adult character. Will there be moments that deepen the MC's relationship with her? If the MC starts off mad at her for moving can we change that later on and maybe apologies for being mad?

Kara Onasi

Can you please tell us one interesting thing we haven’t been told before about Qiu? Same for Baxter? And how long does Qiu carry around that notebook? Will it be through all the steps? I assume whether you hold onto Qiu’s papers vs giving them back to him will have ramifications down the road? Any hints about that? Thank you again for all of the hard work you do on these game. The characters are so dear to my heart. I can’t wait for more story with Qiu!

Carson Dempsey

I was just wondering how many words are there in OL1 including the two bonus Patreon exclusive moments? You don’t have to answer this question if it’s a lot of work to find out or anything!! I was just simply curious!! Anyways I love your work!! Can’t wait for even more of OL2!!

Anonymous

I'm not sure if this closed already or not but I'm just going to ask just in case it's still open.... I been going down the rabbit hole that is past game you have announce working on. After playing the Wedding night DLC of OL1 for the 3rd time, I have myself a needed break by playing one of your other beta game, Floret Bond, which I enjoyed a lot. I want looking to see if anything was going one with that game but find nothing on it past February of 2019. This got me looking of other games that been worked on but stop for reasons I'm not sure of. Could be cause you started mainly working on OL1 or grew tired/bored on working on those other games. Are you ever going to go back to Floret Bond, Eyes of the Echo, and XOXO Reunion? They all look very interesting to me to and would love to play them. Also, is there any bate of Eyes of the Echo, and XOXO Reunion that could hold me over for the time being...?